The University of the Philippines GAZETTE VOLUME XLV NUMBER 15 ISSN No. 0115-7450 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages i-viii 1310th MEETING, 27 AUGUST 2015 2016julAPRIL 2015 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING th A. 1309 BOR Meeting, 22 July 2015 1. Proposed College of Law Dormitory Management Policy ……………... 1-4 2. Proposal to Standardize the Grading System and the Computation of the General Weighted Average (GWA) Across CUs for the following: …… 4-5 Removal of the grade of “4” PE courses NSTP courses Undergraduate thesis Practicum / OJT B. 1301st BOR Meeting, 29 September 2014 1. University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Health Incentive Program ……………………………………………... 6-7 REPORT of the PRESIDENT and other SECTORAL REGENTS A. Report of the President ……………………………………………….……. 8-11 B. Report of the Faculty Regent …………………………………………….… 11 C. Report of the Student Regent …………………………………………….… 11-13 D. Report of the Staff Regent …………………………………………….…… 13 1310th BOR Meeting UP Gazette 27 August 2015 Volume XLV, Number 15 MATTERS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD GENERAL GOVERNANCE A. Proposal for the Creation of the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM- TTBDO) with its expanded functions and authorities ……………………… 13-14 ACADEMIC MATTERS A. Appointment as UP Artists for the period CY 2015-2017 ………………… 14 B. Request of the UP College of Law for the following: B.1 Expansion of the use of the UP Law Faculty Research Award Endowment Fund to include scholarships/graduate studies, training, enhancement, continuing education and sabbatical for the faculty’s welfare and development; and ………………………………………. 14 B.2 Change the name of the UP Law Faculty Research Award Endowment Fund to UP Law Faculty Research and Endowment Fund ………...... 15 C. Request of the UP Diliman University Council Committee on Student Admissions, Progress and Graduation (UC-CSAPG) for the Waiver of Enrolment in Residency in favour of Mr. Jee Hun Park, an Exchange student from University of Seoul, South Korea …………………………… 15-16 D. Establishment of Honorato L. Goco Professorial Chair in Engineering at the College of Engineering, UP Diliman ………………………………….. 16 E. Deed of Donation with Naming Rights in relation to the Donation of Dr. Wilfredo L. Reyes and Mrs. Salvacion Bailon-Reyes for the Renovation and Refurbishing of Room 102, Lara Hall, College of Public Health, UP Manila ……………………………………………………………………… 16 FISCAL MATTERS A. Annual Incentive Grant and Rice Subsidy for Each Qualified Employee for CY 2015: A.1 Annual Incentive Grant of P12,700.00 for each qualified employee ... 17 A.2 Third and Fourth Tranches of Rice Subsidy in the Amount of P2,250.00 per tranche for each qualified employee …………………. 17 ii 1310th BOR Meeting UP Gazette 27 August 2015 Volume XLV, Number 15 B. Amendments to the Medical Benefits for Former UP Presidents: B.1 Annual executive medical check-up at the UP PGH: increased in the amount from P10,000.00 to P15,000.00 ……………………………... 17 B.2 Hospitalization benefit at the UP PGH: increase in the amount from P100,000.00 to P150,000.00 and clarifying that this hospitalization benefit shall be annual but non-cumulative …………………………... 18 C. BAC Resolution Recommending the Use of Alternative Method of Procurement (Negotiated Procurement) for the Proposed Completion of School of Statistics Building Phase 1, UP Diliman in the Amount of P28,000,000.00 …………………………………………………………….. 18 D. Requests of UP Manila in connection with the Allocation Scheme for the Incremental Tuition Fee of the College of Medicine: D.1 Reclassification of the expense class for facilities and equipment From “MOOE” To “Equipment Outlay (EO)/Capital Outlay (CO)/MOOE”, to enable the College of Medicine to use the funds for capital and equipment outlay …………………………………………………….. 18 D.2 Utilization of the unutilized facilities and equipment funds under the new classification EO/CO/MOOE. …………………………………… 18-19 E. Reprogramming of Savings from Unexpended Obligations from Revolving Fund (164) of UP Manila-PGH in the Amount of P285,174,288.23 …………………………………………………………... 19 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS A. Additional Appeals of Faculty from UP Diliman, UP Los Baños, and UP Manila for the 2014 Faculty Merit Promotions, effective 01 January 2015... 20 B. Request for Extension of Secondment in Favor of Dr. JAIME C. MONTOYA of the College of Medicine, UP Manila to Serve as Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), effective 19 July 2015 until 18 July 2016 ………………………………………………... 20 C. Request for Temporary Waiver of Faculty Tenure Rule in Various CUs ….. 20-21 D. Appointment of Faculty………………………………………………………. 21-23 iii 1310th BOR Meeting UP Gazette 27 August 2015 Volume XLV, Number 15 MATTERS SUBMITTED FOR BY THE BOARD CONFIRMATION ACADEMIC MATTERS A. Agreements/ Contracts UP System 1. CBG (International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups) Collaboration Agreement among the University of the Philippines, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), University of Utah, Academy of Natural Science of Drexel University (ANSD), Ocean Genome Legacy at Northeastern University (NEU), and Tufts Medical Center, Inc. (TUFTS MC)………………………………………………………………………. 24 2. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA)……………….. 24-25 UP Diliman 1. Memorandum of Understanding between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Science High School System (PSHSS)…………………………………………………………………. 25 2. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG)………………… 25 3. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Municipality of Pilar, Bataan …………………………. 25-26 4. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research Development (PCIEERD) ………………………. 26 5. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI)... 26 6. Agreement on Academic Cooperation (Sixth Renewal) between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the University of Shizuoka… 27 7. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) …………... 27 8. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD)…………………... 27 iv 1310th BOR Meeting UP Gazette 27 August 2015 Volume XLV, Number 15 9. Memorandum of Agreement between the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) ………………….. 28 UP Open University 1. Memorandum of Agreement among the University of the Philippines Open University, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and the UP Open University Foundation, Inc. (UPOUFI) …………………………………………….. 28 MATTERS SUBMITTED FOR INFORMATION A. Delegated Authority to the President subject to INFORMATION OF THE BOARD A. Resignation of Dr. Celia DR. Medina as Director, Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, U.P. Los Baños, effective 31 August 2015……….. 29 B. Resolution Encouraging U.P. to Continue to Lead in Empowering the Country’s ‘Suprastructure’ ………………………………………………… 29 C. Request of the UP Manila College of Medicine (UPCM) for Approval of the Construction of a new UPCM Academic Building on the Site of the old Basic Sciences Learning Resource (BSLR) rooms and the Solicitation of Private Funds to Finance its Construction………………………………….. 30 D. Delegated Authority to the President subject to INFORMATION of the Board D.1 Contracts/Agreements UP Diliman 1. Deed of Donation between the U.P. Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. and H. Goco & Sons Agricultural Corporation………………………………………………………... 30 OTHER MATTERS A. On the Motion of All UP Workers Union for Reconsideration of the “Appointment of Dr. Jose C. Gonzales as Director IV of PGH” ..…………. 31 B. Concerns of Regent Senator Cayetano: 1. On the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) …… 31-32 v 1310th BOR Meeting UP Gazette 27 August 2015 Volume XLV, Number 15 2. On the Football Field and Track Oval Project …………………………. 32-34 3. On the Plan to Create a Sports Development Office ………………….. 34 (Note: The Reports of the President and the Sectoral Regents are attached as Annexes A to D)..……………………………………………………….. 36-47 ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS A. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. PAEP 15-76: Dr. Gisela P. Concepcion as Officer-in-Charge of the University, 6 August 2015................................... 48 B. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. PAEP 15-77: Dr. Jose V. Camacho, Jr. as the President’s Representative to the Search Committee for the Director of Crop Protection Cluster, College of Agriculture, UP Los Banos ………… 49 C. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. PAEP 15-78: Search Committee for the Directorship of the Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) ……………. 50 D. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. PAEP 15-79: Selection of the Next Director of the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), UP Diliman ……………………………………………………………………… 51 E. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. PAEP 15-80: Search Committee for the Next Director of the National Institute of Molecular